Anyone further north hearing were the wild fire is Im hearing Ft Collins sending a chopper and Also hearing traffic on Larimer con. channels but cant gfigure out where they are talking about ,they are looking to county for Mutual aid.
Unified I.C. is USFS with resource comms on 169.175 as well as some gvt simplex frequencies.
They are making staffing plans for the next four shifts into tomorrow with request for 160 Fire fighters.
Planning on up to 200 meals for tomorrow morning thru a local catering business.
Location is about 10 miles west of the intersection of Hwy 14 and US 287.
Fire is northeast of Hewlett Gulch on the north side of Hwy 14.
SEAT shutting down for the evening. Expected to be back working by 0900 tomorrow morning.
WX conditions not expected to be of any help in the next few days.
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Good listening on: 123.125 AIR OPS; 166.850 AIR TO GROUND; 168.65 TANKER BASE; 122.7 FC/LOV AIRPORT... going to be a worker I'm afraid.....wish they'd get it out-- you can smell it in the house
the poudre canyon fire near fort collins has now grown to 640 acres tonight...and remains 5-percent contained. some homes remain on evacuation standby,...but fire appears to be moving away from densely populated areas. investigators believe... it was a human caused fire...but are not being specific. 150 firefighters on the ground,...another 180 ordered to the fireline. one fixed wing aircraft, two helos on site...heavy air tanker requested.